Shihor שחר
Shihor (שחר) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Shihor is found 216,643 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 26:15) — 0.8% above the 215,024 chance alone would give (probability of 216,643 or more by chance alone: 0.00025).
- Found in the Torah
- 216,643
- Chance alone
- 215,024
- P (≥ found)
- 0.00025
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 216,643 sequences of שחר at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 215,024); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00025 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 26:15, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 3,481,567 sequences of שחר, against about 3,332,784 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 215,024 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 50,381
- Exodus 51,544
- Leviticus 30,683
- Numbers 54,738
- Deuteronomy 29,297
The shortest skips
וְכָל־הַבְּאֵרֹת אֲשֶׁר חָֽפְרוּ עַבְדֵי אָבִיו בִּימֵי אַבְרָהָם אָבִיו סִתְּמוּם פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיְמַלְאוּם עָפָֽר
Now all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,183Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשָׁב יִצְחָק וַיַּחְפֹּר אֶת־בְּאֵרֹת הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר חָֽפְרוּ בִּימֵי אַבְרָהָם אָבִיו וַיְסַתְּמוּם פְּלִשְׁתִּים אַחֲרֵי מוֹת אַבְרָהָם וַיִּקְרָא לָהֶן שֵׁמוֹת כַּשֵּׁמֹת אֲשֶׁר־קָרָא לָהֶן אָבִֽיו
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,320Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וַיָּבֹאוּ עַבְדֵי יִצְחָק וַיַּגִּדוּ לוֹ עַל־אֹדוֹת הַבְּאֵר אֲשֶׁר חָפָרוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ מָצָאנוּ מָֽיִם
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him: ‘We have found water.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 36,093Open in the laboratory →
וַתַּהַר עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בִּלְהָה שִׁפְחַת רָחֵל בֵּן שֵׁנִי לְיַעֲקֹֽב
And Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 41,780Open in the laboratory →
וּבְנֵי בִלְהָה שִׁפְחַת רָחֵל דָּן וְנַפְתָּלִֽי
and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Naphtali;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 52,001Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 763,321 sequences of שחר at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 759,589); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 9.4 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
- Genesis 50,381
- Exodus 51,544
- Leviticus 30,683
- Numbers 54,738
- Deuteronomy 30,908
- Joshua 30,066
- Judges 23,505
- Samuel 49,880
- Kings 69,193
- Isaiah 42,985
- Jeremiah 38,790
- Ezekiel 44,601
- The Twelve 29,128
- Psalms 46,625
- Proverbs 25,175
- Job 22,664
- Song of Songs 3,625
- Ruth 3,052
- Lamentations 3,519
- Ecclesiastes 9,493
- Esther 8,142
- Daniel 11,338
- Ezra–Nehemiah 23,704
- Chronicles 59,582
Outside the Torah
מִֽן־הַשִּׁיחוֹר אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי מִצְרַיִם וְעַד גְּבוּל עֶקְרוֹן צָפוֹנָה לַֽכְּנַעֲנִי תֵּחָשֵׁב חֲמֵשֶׁת סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים הָעַזָּתִי וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִי הָאֶשְׁקְלוֹנִי הַגִּתִּי וְהָעֶקְרוֹנִי וְהָעַוִּֽים
from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward—which is counted to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines: the Gazite, and the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite; also the Avvim
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 324,965Open in the laboratory →
וְשֵׁם חֶבְרוֹן לְפָנִים קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הָאָדָם הַגָּדוֹל בָּעֲנָקִים הוּא וְהָאָרֶץ שָׁקְטָה מִמִּלְחָמָֽה
Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 327,627Open in the laboratory →
וּמַעֲרָת וּבֵית־עֲנוֹת וְאֶלְתְּקֹן עָרִים שֵׁשׁ וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן
and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 329,769Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
שחר — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as שחר, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 508.
As a plain word it stands 15 times in the Tanakh, first at Leviticus 13:31. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Shihor appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 216,643 sequences of שחר at skips 2–5,000, 0.8% above what chance alone gives (about 215,024); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.00025 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Shihor in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 26:15 — the shortest of 216,643 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 215,024.
How is Shihor spelled in Hebrew?
Shihor is spelled שחר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 508.
Is Shihor in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 763,321 sequences of שחר at skips 2–5,000, 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 759,589); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 9.4 × 10⁻⁶ by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 215,024 here) beside the count.